Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Exodus
LawHow are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings
HistoryHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Daniel
Major ProphetsLift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms
PoetryHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Psalms
PoetryYet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesFor every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Deuteronomy
LawHe shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Job
WisdomAnd Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
Matthew
GospelsThy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exodus
LawAnd he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Exodus
LawGive us this day our daily bread.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.